McCabe Resigns After FBI Director Wray Reviews House FISA Abuse Memo

Saracarter.com ^ | 01/29/2018 | Sara A Carter

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

... “There will be a clean up at the Bureau of his cronies.”

Hope so.

[Ancesthntr]

“...or it could also be something as innocent as him using his sick time or leave up until retirement.”

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Oh, yeah, sure. That’s about as likely as every single lottery winner for the rest of time donating every single cent of their winnings to a charity for the benefit of the single person they hate the most.

[Sacajaweau]

I read that he is taking his accumulated vacation time until his actual resignation in March.

That's common practice.

[LostPassword]

> “We can’t move forward ... the first step is telling the truth.”

We can’t move forward unless some people go to prison. All of the capabilities are still in place - congress just reauthorized them and will forever. If the only downside to misusing them is early retirement, they will be misused again.

[Ronin]

I’m worried that they are going to make him the sacrificial goat and claim that everything is hunky-dory now that he is fired, so there is no need to release the memo.

This strikes me as damage control, pure and simple.

Bull! I still want to see the memo.

[tennmountainman]

I hope McCabe was roughly removed from the FBI property.

[deport]

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MCCABE STEPS DOWN ^
	01/29/2018 9:31:11 AM PST · by ghannonf18 · 272 replies CNBC ^

[VanShuyten]

“Or it could also be something as innocent as him using his sick time or leave up until retirement.”

This is all it is. Nothing to see here, and I expect little “housecleaning” to come from it.

We cynics are rarely disappointed by government.

[aces]

Hmmmm

[ontap]

And so it begins....finally. I wish him luck in his jail cell!!!

[TigersEye]

Well, that’s good noose!

[Titus-Maximus]

The Politburo is disintegrating.

America is being saved.

[robroys woman]

I don’t think he resigned. Just sayin’.

[Busko]

Should lose his pension and all of the perks he will be getting in his retirement! Should get locked up!

[shanover]

We have been on a continuous diet of NOTHING BURGERS for years and will continue eating them and ask for more.

[Alberta's Child]

The problem for McCabe -- and for the FBI and DOJ in general -- is that there are several ongoing criminal and civil cases where aggrieved parties have the motivation and the means to drag all of this out in public and destroy the credibility of the entire DOJ in the process.

Paul Manafort's legal team, for example, has surely drafted a subpoena to get every paper and electronic file associated with this charade. Carter Page has a civil lawsuit against multiple parties for defamation and libel related to this case -- and apparently Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein's signature is on one of the FISA warrants used against him.

[Will88]

Maybe this will open Wray’s eyes and he will begin the necessary purge and cleanup of the higher ups in the FBI. Until today, it seemed that Wray thought his job was to stonewall any attempt to learn what improper or illegal goings on might have taken place at the FBI under Comey.

[RinaseaofDs]

Don’t forget Flynn. Of all people, he’s got the biggest axe to grind.

[Rashputin]

I'm not sure you can clean up the FBI. It's been a tool of either the director or politicians outside the Bureau ever since first established.

IMHo, the FBI labs and some specialized investigators who have no power to make an arrest would fulfill the goals the FBI is supposed to achieve and there would be far less opportunity for it being used to abuse the citizenry.

An expanded Federal Marshals service could handle arrests by working with State and local officials to execute a Federal warrant when need be. Historically, the Marshals Service has been much less inclined to entertain the aims and whims of politicians while as far as I can tell politicians have always had too much influence over the actions of the FBI.

JMHo